Bottle attachment.



PATENTED OCT. 22, 1907.

G. T. TROMMALD. BOTTLE ATTACHMENT. APPLIULTIOK FILED MAY a1.1901.

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B OTTLE ATTACHMENT. 1

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

Application filed May 31, 1907. Serial No. 876,544.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, G UNDER THnoDonIo '1 ROMMALD, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Portland, in the county of Mullnomah andState of Oregon, have invented a new and uselul Bottle Attachment, ofwhich the iollowing is a sprciiication.

This invention relates to stoppers or bottles, jars and similarcontaining vessels and more particularly to improved means for retainingthe stopper in position on the vessel thereby toprevent accidentaldisplacement of the same when the stopper is removed from the vessel.

The object of the invention is to provide a stopper or closure which ispermanently attached to the containing vessel so as to prevent the samefrom becoming lost or displaced when the stopper is removed to dischargethe contents of the vessel.

A further object is to provide a vessel including a retaining band andhaving a flexible connection between the band and the closure fornormally and yieldably exerting a downward pressure on said closure.

A still further object of the invention is to generally improve thisclass of devices so as to increase their utility durability andelliciency.

Further objects and advantages will appear in the following description,it being understood that various changes in form, proportions and minor(letails of construction may be resorted to within the scope of theappended claims.

In the accompanying drawings lorming a part of this specification:Figure 1 is a front elevation oi a containing vessel provided with astopper constructed in accordance with. m y invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same showing in dotted lines the stopper in released orinoperative position. Fig. 3 is a top plan view ol Fig. 1. l ig. 4 is atransverse sectional View taken on the line l-Zl of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is aside elevation illustrating a modified form of the invention. Fig. 6 isa perspective view of the stopper and attaching member shown in Fig. 5detached. Fig. 7 is a perspective view illustrating a furthermodification.

Similar numerals ol' reference indicate corresponding parts in all ofthe llgurcs of the drawings.

The improved device forming the subject matter of the present inventionmay be used in connection with bottles, jars and similar containingvessels and by way of illustration is shown in. connection with a bottleof the ordinary construction in which 5 designates the body portion, 6the neck, and 7 the stopper or closure.

The attachment consists of a flexible strap 8 preferably formed ofrubber one end of which is glued, pasted or otherwise rigidly secured tothe body portion 5 while the opposite end thereof is seated in atransverse kerf or recess 9 formed in the top of the stopper 7 as shown.

The stopper 7 is preferably made of cork or similar yieldable materialwhile the width of the kerf 9 is less than the thickness of the strap 8so that when the strap 8 is introduced into the kerl the side walls ofthe latter will clamp the strap and prevent accidental displacement ofthe same.

Surrounding the walls of the bottle or vessel 5 is a retaining strip 10which forms a closure or housing for the fixed end of the strap 8 andalso constitutes a label for the bottle.

The strap 8 preferably terminates short of the mouth of the bottle sothat when the cork or stopper is in sorted in said mouth the rubber orother elastic material forming the strap 8 will expand and thus normallyandyicldably exert a downward pressure on the cork so as to hold thesame in position in the neck of the bottle. It will thus be seen thatunder normal conditions the stopper or cork is held firmly to its seatby the strap 8 thereby to prevent the same from being forcibly ejectedshould the liquid in the bottle forment.

In order to remove the cork or stopper it is merely necessary to exert aslight upward pull on the free end of the stopper when the strap 8 willmove the same to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawingsand in which position the contents of the bottle may be readilyremoved.

In Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawing there is illustrated a modified form ofthe invention in which one end of the elastic strap or attaching member8 is provided with a lateral enlargement having an opening 11 formedtherein adapted to receive the neck of the bottle or other containingvessel while in Fig. 7 the attaching strap is of uniform widththroughout its entire length and provided at one end with a longitudinalslit 12 the walls of which are adapted to expand and embrace the neck ofthe bottle so as to retain the strap in position on the bottle withoutthe employment of the label.

While it is preferred to use an elastic strap or band for holding thestopper in the neck of the bottle it is obvious that a cord, ribbon orsimilar flexible medium may be employed if desired.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that there is provided anextremely simple, inexpensive and cllicicnt device admirably adapted forthe attainment of the ends in view.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed 1. A containingvessel having a closure provided with a kerl, and an elastic elementhaving one end thereof 10 yield-able material and provided with atransverse kerf,

and an elastic strap having one end thereof secured to the exteriorwalls of the vessel and its opposite end seated in said kerf.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I

have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two 15 witnesses.

I GUNDER THEODORIC TROMMALD.

Witnesses:

CLAUDE POWELL, C. D. SEWALL.

